The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-04-21

cdtv and County OrEanixatiOn, reported Senate
bili No SO, and recommended that the Same
pssA
BILLS ON SECOND READING.
Senate bill No. %, to be entitled an &C, pre-!
scribing the duties q certain officers In this
same the President announced that the hour
had arrived tor the special order for IL O'Clock.
Mr.. Blackwell moved that it be informally
passed over until the disposition of the matter
under consideration. Agreed to.
The House reported House bill No. 81, 10 be
entitled an act 10 punish the vendor of inloxi-
eating liquors. either spirituous, vinous or malt,
and asked the concurrence Of the Senate therein
Upon the motion OF MIR. Neel to indefinitely
pos,pone bill No. 20, Mr.. Tolbert offered the fol-
lowing amendment: Insert after the words al
o'clock P. NJ" in section one, as amended,
when the County Commissioners of any county
NAV determine that the provisions of this act will
work hardship they are hereby authorized to X
other hours Than those mentioned MIR. Walker,
Jr, moved its adoption. Mr.. Stockton moved
10 Law the amendment upon the table Not
agreed to- Upon the motion 10 indefinitely
postpone the bill, the yeas and nays were called,
and the motion did not prevail.
Mr. Stockton offered the following amend
ment If the County Commissioners Of the
spective counties should determine it to be neces-
SaTy; not agreed to.
Mr. Walker, Jr., offered the following amend
ment: Strike out section Q, and insert in place
thereof the following: ANY officer violating the
provisions OF this act shall be subject to suit for
damages, brought by any person inconvienced by
the absence of any such officer, and The measure
OF damages shall be the mileage, of ten cents per
mile, of such person 80 Inconvenience, in going
TO and returning from the county site in this
State, and his board and other expenses incurred
in consequence of The absence Of such officer, and
such other damages as the jury or judge may de-
termine is proven by the evidence on the trial of
the Case.
Mr. Fowler offered the following amedment ::
That il the party Inconvenience is trying to
obtain marriage lcehse, he shall GET said license
free of cost. Adopted.
The bill! was recOmmtted 10 the Committee
Judiciary.
The President announced that the special Or
der for IL o'clock would now be taken up. Mr..
McKinne moved that The special order be post
poned until ii o'clock next Tuesday sgreed
The President announced that the special or
der, the substitute for 8, 4, 8 and o, which was
made for IL o'clock, be now taken up.
Mr.. Wall offered the following amendment {:
Amend line z, section 2,by striking out "twen-
lion 2 by inserting after the word interest"
the words per annum." Adopted.
Mr. Orman offered the following amendment
Add to 8, ction Procided That the railroad
company, or other corporation, shall only be
held liable in one action and to one plaintiff for
The killing OF the same animal
Mr. Mallory offered the following amendment
to the amendment: P,vcided, That nothing in
this act shall be 80 construed as to authorize
two suits, by different parties, for the same
cause of action.
Mr. Wall moved its adoption; agreed to-
Upon the motion 10 adopt the amendment, il
was agreed to.
Mr. Mallory moved that the Senate take a re-
cess until P. NJ. Agreed to.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate resumed its session, the President
in the chair; and the following Senators answ er-
ed TO their names Messrs. Blackwell, Bryan,
Chares, Cole, Coulter, Delano, Fowler, Gaskins
johnson, Jones, Judge, Lee, Miller, Moreno
McKinne Neel, Orman, Stevens Stockton, Toll
BERT Walker, Jr, Wall, Whidden and Williams
PA
Resuming the discussion of substitute for Sen.
ate bills Nos. 3, 4, and g. Mr.. Wall offered the
following amendment:
Add after section an additional section, and
making sections and sections and respective
ly, as follows:
SEC 5. That any person who shall wilfully des
troy break otherwise injure any fence, gate, OF
stock guard erected by any railroad company OIL
person, under the provisions of this act shall be
deemed guilty of felony, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the
State penitentiary not exceeding five years, or by
fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and any
person who shall open any gate hereinbefore pro
vided for and who shall refuse or neglect to shut
the same, shall be deemed guilty of misdemean-
or, and be punished by fine not exceeding three
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county
Jail not exceeding three months, and In addition
thereto shall be liable to such railway company OIL
person owning such gate for all damages arising
from the killing Of or injury to any live stock killed
oripjured by the engines or cars Of such company
or person, by reason of such refusal or neglect
Mr.. Wall moved its adoption.
Mr. Mallory offered the following amendment
Strike ou' all after the word "therefrom," 10 line
A. section 1, down to the word ''stock," in line
s. Strike out The word and in line 8, section
/, and insert with" 10 lieu thereof Adopted
Mr.. Gaskins offered the following amend
mcnt: Amend section in line 4, by inserting
between railroads and sufficient, the following
Except through towns and cities, unless sale
town and cities require the same" Adopted
Mr. Stockton offered the following amend
meDt: Strike out knowledge" and put il
information of line of section 4 adopted
Mr. Stockton offered the following amend
ment: Strike ont the word "gates" in line 10
section l. aud in line 8 of section /" and gates
adopted.
Dir. Stockton offered the following ame1d
ment: Put and" between the words "fenccs
and "siock guards" OF line z, section l.; adopted
Adjourned till 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
House.
FRIDAY, April 10, 1887
The House Of Representatives met pursuant t.
adj Durnment
The following members answered to thei
names:
Mr.. Speaker, Messrs. J. H. Anderson. 3. An
derson, Baskn, Belcher, Bielby. Bitch of Alach
ua, Bitch of Levy, Brown, Campbell, Carleton
Carr, Chapman Clark, Cottrell, Crawford, Crom
well, Daniel, Davidson, Douglass, Drake, Duncan
OF Sumter, Duncan OF Hamilton, Dyal, Evan
Farnell, Fillingim, Floyd, Frazier, Gamer, Gibbs
Goodbiead, Hall, Haven, Hendry, Hicks, hind
Johns, johnson, Jones, Kelley, Lamar, Latham
Lightsey, Mcclellan, McKinnon, Mason Match
ell, Mitchell, Neel, Newlan, Peoples, Pelot Per
pail, Poser, Robinson, Rourke, Saxon, Shavers
Shuer, Snead Spear, Strom, Thomas, Tompkins
IIppin, Umslead, Upchurch, Walker, Waring
Washington, Willie. Wilson and Woods-74
Mr.. ROurke offered the following: WHEREAs, Il
10 Impossible for one man to perform all the duties
now required OF the JaDitor of this House; ant
required Of such officer; therefore be it Resossd
That the Speaker be authorized to direct one of thu
messengers now on duty In this House to assist The
Janor Adopted.
ne House Of Representatives, the Senate ConeurrinG
dnat committee Of FIVE, three from the House 81
representatives and two from the Senate, be ap
pointed respectively BY the Speaker OF tie House
Examine into and report upon the condition Of the
Florida Institute for the Blind and Deaf and Dumb
u b. Augustine. Laid over
MI. Campbell moved that all bills introduced
to-oay be read the first time by their titles only
Agreed to.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REYERRRD
BY Dir. Mason: House bill No. SO, to be emit.
Tied an act to enable Harry Robb to procure
license TO practice law
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